Google Wants In On ITC Probe Over Music-Sharing Patents

Law360, Los Angeles (July 29, 2013, 5:53 PM EDT) -- Google Inc. on Thursday asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to allow it to intervene in an investigation of music-sharing patents allegedly infringed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and other electronics producers, saying certain proprietary Google products and services were named as infringing patent claims.

Google’s motion to intervene came more than a month after the ITC voted to investigate allegations that Samsung, LG Electronics Inc. and others are importing products into the U.S. that infringe patents for music-sharing technology. The trade body said it would...